Lady Gaga Won’t Play Donatella Versace, Ryan Murphy Says

It was a perfect illusion.

When we first learned that Lady Gaga was going to be joining the cast of American Crime Story for the show's third, Versace-themed season, it seemed like the perfect fit. And though Gaga's more than made her mark in Hollywood — she did win a Golden Globe for her role on American Horror Story, after all — a new report has just informed us that she will not be playing Donatella Versace, as some were speculating.

As Ryan Murphy told Variety, "She's a friend. But she’s very busy this next year — she's doing Super Bowl and then she's doing A Star Is Born and I believe that she’s going on tour. And when you're going to do a show like Versace, it's a five-month commitment, it's a very big show, we're shooting it all over the world. So I just don’t think with her schedule, I knew that it would never had worked. But I would love to work with her on something in the future."

So there you have it – it's not that they don't want her in the show, it's that she simply doesn't have the time in her schedule right now, which is totally understandable. The third season of American Crime Story is set to feature the 1997 murder of Gianni Versace, Donatella's brother. Of course, Gaga and Versace have had a long relationship throughout the years, as Gaga was the face of the brand, and regularly dons her pieces.

Time will only tell who they snag to play the designer mogul. Either way, we can still look forward to Gaga returning to the stage... and TV!